As the 20th CCP Congress is currently taking place in China, speculation is rife. There is no doubt about the number one position of the Party and therefore of the regime, because the Chinese president intends to serve a third term. For the other names, however, the suspense is at its peak.
With our correspondent in Beijing, Stephan Lagarde
“ Who I am ? This is the existential question posed in the introduction of the new Chinese Communist Party promotional video. uploaded this Wednesday from People’s newspaper.
A handful of men at the start, today 96 million members, and a campaign that reminds those who have forgotten that beyond the names that will come out of the hat of Congress next Saturday, it is the first party of Mao himself to renew itself through these five – political year high masses.
For the rest, game of the seven members of the future standing committee, the bets are launched, even if the committee could expand to nine names. After ten years of cultivating its nets and to eliminate opponents, the Chinese president will likely take advantage of retirement to surround himself with a bodyguard. The Party should particularly attract its leaders to Chinese provinces and regions as large as European countries.
